Tag: covid
Severe Covid-19 in pregnancy may increase the risk of pre-labour caesarean birth, a very or extreme preterm birth, stillborn birth, and the need for admission to a neonatal unit, finds a new study. ....
Energy and commodity prices-including wheat and other grains-have surged due to the war in Ukraine, adding to inflationary pressures from supply chain disruptions and the rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic, the IMF has said. ....
Covid-19 cases are expected to double in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) within weeks as the new Omicron BA.2 variant spreads, health authorities warned on Friday. ....
New Zealand reported 19,542 new community cases of Covid on Wednesday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. ....
Pregnant patients who tested positive for the coronavirus were found to have more than double the risk of poor outcomes including preterm birth, blood clot, according to a study that emphasised the need to promote maternal vaccination. ....
India reported 1,259 fresh Covid cases and 35 deaths in a span of 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday. ....
Even as some high-income countries have rolled out fourth and fifth Covid vaccine doses, one-third of the world's population is yet to receive a single dose, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. ....
Shanghai will launch a Covid-19 nucleic acid testing campaign in areas west of the Huangpu River starting from Friday amid the second phase of the city's nine-day lockdown, an official announced on Thursday. ....
Covid-19 patients commonly report having headaches, confusion and other neurological symptoms but doctors do not fully understand how the disease targets the brain during infection. ....
The nine-day Covid lockdown in Shanghai could turn out to be particularly costly for China, the BBC reported. ....